The prose of the novella excerpt, Crusader and the Hundred Horses, exhibits a unique and compelling stylistic voice. The text is characterized by a distinctive blend of formal, at times poetic, diction and unconventional syntactic structures, which together create a singular narrative persona. This voice, reminiscent of oral storytelling traditions, sets the novella apart from conventional contemporary English prose.
The narrative's setting in pre-independence India is a crucial contextual element that informs its style. The story features a young modern historian, Reena Sanyal, who travels to a remote village in the province of Chattishgarh to uncover the story of a tribal freedom fighter, Mohit Hembram. Besides, the story depicts an intense love of the tribal hero with an English girl since their childhood days in the British ruled India.